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Asked: May 12, 20262026-05-12T13:17:17+00:00 2026-05-12T13:17:17+00:00

I am working with MySQL full text search but find it lacking in situations

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I am working with MySQL full text search but find it lacking in situations where your string is part of a word within a field. If my field is “New York Times” and I search for “Time” I get no results. The hackish way to solve this is to set up two queries, one that does a full text search and the other that does:

SELECT * FROM ___ WHERE 'string' LIKE %searchterm% 

Is there any way that I can set up my full text search to solve this issue so I don’t have to run the extra query?

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    2026-05-12T13:17:17+00:00Added an answer on May 12, 2026 at 1:17 pm

    I’ve basically given up on MySql’s full text search in favor of Sphinx — a dedicated full-text search engine which implements MySql’s network protocol so you can “interpose” it between your clients and a MySql server, losing nothing and gaining rich, serious full-text capabilities. Maybe it’s not suitable for your needs (which you don’t fully express), but I think it’s at least work checking out!

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